To What I Owe This Blog...

I've thought for a long time off and on about maintaining a blog, but I've never had the courage or motivation to do it until I learned this afternoon that my younger brother had started one. He encouraged me to do the same, and I was eager to do so until I read his posts. I'm more and more blown away every time I read something written by Matthew. He's a much better writer than I am, probably because he reads so much more than I, and most of it's in English. Reading Greek, Latin, and German helps with a lot of things, but truly great English prose isn't necessarily one of them. So I was scared--I knew that I could never live up to the standard that Matthew had set.

But then I noticed the beautiful layout of Matthew's blog itself. I had to have one just like it. So I started this blog using the same service and the same template. I guess I copy Matthew in a lot of things. I grew up in the same household as he did, I went to the same high school and college as he did, and now I have the same blog template as he does.

I do earnestly encourage at least a peek at Matthew's blog.